Mahmoud Daoud Salman Musa Al-Mashhadani (May 20, 1948-), an Iraqi politician and the first speaker of the Iraqi parliament after the US invasion of the country.  He chaired the Iraqi Council of Representatives from 2006 to 2009 and was elected again today, October 31, 2024. He was also elected President of the Arab Parliamentary Union in 2008.
 
He was born in Baghdad in 1948 and completed his primary and secondary education there. He joined the College of Medicine in 1966 and obtained a bachelor's degree from the College of Medicine and graduated with the rank of First Lieutenant Doctor in 1972. He worked as a doctor in the Iraqi army.
Al-Mashhadani participated in the political process after 2003, as he was the first speaker of the Council of Representatives after the fall of the former regime. He was the head of the Political Bureau of the Call and Guidance Organization and participated in the establishment of the National Dialogue Council in 2004. He was also elected as a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee in the same year. After winning membership in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, he was elected Speaker of the Council on March 16, 2006 until December 23, 2008. He was elected President of the Arab Parliamentary Union in 2008.

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